*Mostly sunny skies and a high of 94 degrees are forecast for Atlanta on Thursday. Chance of rain is 30 percent. Click here to view more weather information from Atlanta Business Chronicle broadcast partner WXIA-TV.

Today’s Talkers

*Facebook is back up early Thursday following a brief outage that affected users of the social network around the world. Visitors to the site early Thursday were greeted with the message,"Sorry, something went wrong. We're working on getting this fixed as soon as we can." Click here to view a CNET report.

*Many of the nearly 2,000 HTC shareholders who packed the company's annual stockholders' meeting on Thursday expected a free smartphone. HTC gave them out last year. What they received was something different, reports The Wall Street Journal. Click here to read more.

*Mattel's new entrepreneur Barbie has a hot-pink dress, glittering necklace, and black handbag - and also a tiny smartphone, tablet computer and, soon, a LinkedIn page to help her stay connected with new and existing business associates, reports. Click here to read more and to see a photo.

Sports

Braves

*The Phillies beat the Braves 10 to 5 on Wednesday at Turner Field. Click here to read more and to view game highlights.

Next game

*Braves at Nationals on Thursday. Game time is 7:05 p.m. Click here to view the team's schedule.